Eddie

This section of our blog is dedicated to Eddie Hancock, my beautiful big brother and my rock who passed away during this time.

Unfortunately whilst In Broome we received advice that my brother Eddie had passed away on the Gold Coast so we had to fly there for his funeral.   It was nice that his family offered to delay the funeral to give us time to get there.  Marty was great,, he just said no matter the cost or inconvenience we will get there as he knew how important Eddie was to me.  It was a terrible experience but it was nice to support his family at this time.  It was also nice to see our three kids and my niece and her kids who all made the time to get there.   Marty gave a really good eulogy that summed Eddie up very well.

On day 3 of our trip over Easter we stayed with Eddie and his family.  It was a great time as we got to celebrate my sister-in laws 60^th birthday and then a few days later my nephew Tony also had a birthday.  It was so good spending this time with family.  Little did we all know but this was to be the last time I would spend with Eddie, within 4 months Eddie was diagnosed with liver cancer and just 8 weeks later he passed away.  I am just so pleased that I did get to spend some time with Eddie and his lovely family before he had to go.

Eddie was my big brother and I will miss him terribly, he has always been there for me, and has helped me in so many ways.  The older we got the closer we got

Sonia, Ted, Tenile, Jordy, Megan, Drew, Sarah, Me, Dale, James,Tony holding Tayla, Lyn, Raymond holding Krystal, Alana, hodling Bradley,
Front row Dani, Marty Carol, Zac, and Lachlan